Bean-snipping machine



Aug. 5

K. R. TAYLOR BEAN SNIPPINGKACHINE Fi l 'ed May 22. 1925 4 Sheets-Sheet 1Aiug. 5 1924 K. R. TAYLOR BEAN SNIPPING MACHINE Filed May 22. 1923 4Sheets-Sheet 2 Augv 5 K. R. TAYLOR BEAN SHIPPING MBCHINE Filed May 221923 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 A/ug, 5. 924.- 1,503,612

' K. R. TAYLOR BEAN SNIPPING MACHINE Filed May '22. 1923 4 Sheets-SheetL (lite-z nut Patented Aug. 5, 1924.

Km-say R. TAYLOR, or PATAPSCO, MARYLAND.

BEAN-SNIPPING- MACHINE.

ap naafion fiiea lviay 22, 1923. 'Seria1'N'o.- 640,703.

T "all whom it ma concern Be it known that I, KINsEY R. TAYLOR,a-='citizen of the United States, residing at Patapsc'o, in the countyof Carroll and State of h Ia'ryland, have invente'da new and usefulBeanwSnipping Machine of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bean snipping machines and has for its objectthe provision of a machine for'removing the ends of beans preparatory tocanning the beans, thus eliminating the costly and laborious operationheretofore performed by hand.

Another object is the provision of a machine of th-e"class"describedthat is automatic in operation and one the manufacture of which iscomparatively inexpensive.

Other objects' will present themselves as thedescription proceeds; itbeing within the 21) province of the disclosure to enhance the utilityof devices of that class to which the present'invention' relates.

The preferred embodiment of the invention hasbeen shown, butit is to beunderstood that changes maybe made within the scope of what is claimedwithout departing from the spiritof the invention ors'acrificing any of-the advantages thereof. Referring to the drawing Figure 1 is -a "sideelevation of the niachine.

=Figure 2 :is'a :plan view of the same. Eigure 3-is a longitudinalsectional view. 'E-igure'4- is ca transverse "sectional view. ig'ures -5and'G'are detail views "of-apertion ofthe machine,

Referring to the drawings by characters of areference, the numeral -1designates a frame o'f any form designed tosupport the various parts ofthe machine. At 2 is shown a cylindrical member =or drum comprising endplates 3,. a series -of longitudinally spaced intermediate plates 4 andaplurality ofipartitions 5 radially "disposed between the severalintermediate plates and end plates. Theplates -3 andn4c are-in the formof rings, the plates and'l partitio'ns being secured together to form aconcrete structure having anop ening Gtli'rough the center and providingalong its :peripher'y a multiplicity ofopenend compartments 7 thenumberjof which "is limited only the length 'of the drum and by thediameter thereof.

"Secured to the-opposite ends of the drum any are ringsfipeach hawinganinternal gear rack 9 and an outer track surface '10. PiniOnsll-mou'nted on a shaft 12 mesh with the gear rack for the purpose ofrevolving the drum. The shaft 12 is mountedin bearings13supportedo'n'the frame WOI'kOf the machine.

Other shafts let rotatable inbearings 15, likewise supported on theframe, carry flanged roller "Wheels 16 which support the weight of thedrum -'on the track 10.

Snipping knives 17 and 18 are located at approximately diametricalopposite points around the drum. In order toeflecta shear cut the knivesare angularly disposed with relation to the longitudinal axis of thedrum, the knife 17 being located above the center of the drum and havingits cuttin edge closely associated with the inner en of the conveying"compartments 7 and the knife 18 being located below the center "of thedrum and also having its cutting edge engaging the drum at theouter endof the compartments 7.

If desired the knives may be mounted for reciprocatory motion and toprovide therefor the ends of the knife bars are extended as "shown "at19 parallel with the axis of the drum, the said extensions beingslidable in bearing boxes 20 secured to the frame work of the machine.To one end of each knife is pivotally connected a rocker arm 21 the armbeing mounted at 22, on a bracket 23 securedto the frame 1.

A connecting rod '24 attached at one end to the rocker arm at 25, isprovided at its other end with a yoke 26. A ring 27 is secured to one ofthe track rings 8 at the end of the-drum adjacent the rocker arm 21.

The periphery of the ring being formed with a series of oppositelydisposed cam surfaces 28 with which the "yoke 26 engages to rock the arm21 "and thus reciprocate the knives.

4A gage plate "29. is disposed in advance of each knife '17', thereceding edge '30 of the gage plates being slightly 'to the rear of thecutting edge ofthe knife "as shown. The gage plates are pivoted at 31 inthe frame 1 and extend the full length of the drum. The *pi'vots 31 atone end of the machine are extended outside the frame and each hassecured thereto a lever 32.

For adjusting the edge 30 of the gage plates with respect to the knife,to provide for removal of more or less and from the bean, rods 33 havetheir outer ends oppositely threaded in nuts 34, which are swivele d at35 in the bifurcated end of the levers 32. A sleeve 36 is internallythreaded to receive the inner ends of the. A circumferential groove 37in rods 33. the sleeve is engaged by the forked end of a bracket 38secured to the frame, the bracket preventing longitudinal ,movement ofthe rods and thus retain th gage plates in adjusted position.

A housing plate 39 extends between the end walls of the frame and inclose proximity to the outer surface of the drum the plate terminatingat the hinged edge of the lower gage plate. A plate 40 at the inner endof the pockets 7 extends from the rear'of the upper knife 17 to thehinged end of the upper gage plate 29. The plates 39 and 40 serve toretain the beans in the compartments 7 and direct them to the cuttingmechanism.

Any suitable means may be used for delivering the beans in alongitudinal position to the pockets 7 stance a conveyor 41 is shownmounted at the front of the machine, one end being supported on theframe work of the machine, the other end on a feeding table 42.

The conveyor includesatrough 43 through which an endless belt 44 travelsthe same being trained over guide rollers 45 and a drive roller 46. Thetrough 43 terminates over the drum 2 in a downturned chute '47, the endof which lies closeto theouter end of the pockets 7, and the belt 44 istrained over one of the rollers 45 parallel with, the chute 4'7.Longitudinal ribs or separators 48 extend the length of the conveyor tothe end of the chute, the ribs being spaced apart approximately lessthan the length of the shortest bean pod that will be fed to themachine, these members being thus spaced serve in the first place asbafies to prevent a bean pod from entering the conveyor in any otherthan an approximate longitudinal position and further to maintainthesame position to the end of the chute where the pods gravitate into thepockets in a vertical position.

"A conveyor 49 is provided for removing the beans as they dro from thepockets 7 after being operated on by the lower knife 17. A pulley 50secured to the drive shaft 12 receives motion from a prime mover ofconvenient form y-A belt 51 connecting the feed roller 46 and the mainshaft 12 serves to move the feed conveyor 44" and a belt 52 drives theconveyor 49 from the feed roll 46. A trough 5'3i-is' located under eachknife 17 whereby the severed .ends'of the beans are directed from themachine. 1

In-operation beans in the pod are fed from the table 42 to the conveyor44, and

In the present in- 'what is claimed as new is 1. A device of the classdescribed compris.

,are deposited in the compartments 7, the

lower end of the bean resting on the gage plate, as the drum revolvesthe bean is moved against the cutting edge of the knife and theprojecting end is severed, dropping in the trough 53 to be carried outof the machine. As the drum continues to rotate and the beans in thepockets 7 arrive at a point below the axis of the drum they gravitate tothe other end of the pocket from that previously occupied, the'amountprojecting from the pocket being limited as before by the gage plate,the lower knife then severs the end and the snipped beans fall from thedrum on the conveyor 49.

Beciprocation of the cutting members insure complete and effectiveseverance of the bean pod .even after the knives become dulled bvlongservice.

It will be evident that the machine may be used for other purposesforinstance it maybe used forcutting bean'pods in short lengths as 18commonly done preparatory to canning;

Having thus described the invention,

ing a drum having a plurality of open end pockets formed radially ofthe-axis-of' the drum, a gage plate at the inner end of the pockets anda second gage plate at the outer end of the pockets, a cutting memberfor each end of the pocketsand disposed in.

spaced relation to "the gage plates, means for simultaneously adjustingthe gage plates with respect to the cutting members, and means forrotating the drum. :1

2. A device of the class described compris ing a cylindricalrotatingmember having a series of receptacles,each receptacle havingopposite open ends, cutting members located at approximateoppositediametricalpoints on the drum at the inner and outer endsrespectively of the receptacles, gage plates: associated with thecutting members, meansfor,

mg a conveyor, means for severing theends 7 of anobject projecting fromthe conveyor,

means at opposite sides ofthe'conve'yor for determining the length of'the object pro} jectinglfrom the conveyor: andmeans for simultaneouslyadjusting the said determin- 7 ing means with respect to thecuttingmeans.

4. A device of the class described c'ompris l ing a: drum having aseries ofradial open end compartments,means for delivering objects in alongitudinal posit'ion,into the pockets, gage plates for determining thelength of the object projecting from the' open ends of the compartments,means for simultaneously adjusting the gage plates, cutting members forsevering the projecting ends of the objects, means for reciprocating thecutting elements, and means for rotating the drum.

5. In a device of the class described a frame, a drum having a series ofradial open end compartments mounted on the frame for rotary movement,cutters located at approximate diametrical opposite points on the drums,a rocker-arm connected to the cutters, means carried by the drum formoving the rocker-arm to reciprocate the cutters, gage plates locatedadjacent the cutters, and means for rotating the drum.

- 6. In a device of the class described a frame, a drum mounted on theframe, the drum having a plurality of open end compartments, knivesmounted for reciprocatory motion on the frame, the cutting edge of theknives being ang'ularly disposed With relation to the axis of the drum,means for reciprocating the knives, and means for rotating the drum.

7. In a device of the class described, a

frame, a drum mounted for rotary movement on the frame, the drum havinga plurality of open end pockets, cutters mounted on the frame forreciprocal movement transversely of the frame, the cutters coacting Withthe ends of the pockets to sever objects projecting from the pockets,gage plates adjustably mounted on the frame, the gage plates determiningthe length of an object projecting from the pockets, a rocker armconnected to the cutters for reciprocating the cutters, a cam platecarried by the drum, a member connected to the rocker arm and actuatedby the cam whereby rotation of the drum and cam effects a reciprocatorymotion of the cutters, and means for rotating the drum.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy sig11ature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

K. R. TAYLOR. Witnesses:

OORA ADAMS, EDWARD O. WEANT.

